Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Gospel of Philip is one of the Gnostic Gospels, a text of New Testament apocrypha, dating back to around the third century but lost to modern researchers until an Egyptian peasant rediscovered it by accident, buried in a cave near Nag Hammadi, in 1945. Although this gospel may at first appear similar to the Gospel of Thomas, it is not a sayings gospel, but a collection of gnostic teachings and reflections, a "gnostic anthology", as Marvin Meyer has called it. Sacraments, in particular the sacrament of marriage, are a major theme. The text is perhaps most famous as a very early source for the idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. Though this is never explicitly stated in the document itself, she is described as Jesus'' "lover" in some translations. Although the original text is missing from the papyrus scriptures discovered, some translations''fill in'' the gap, suggesting; Jesus loved Mary Magdalene more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on the mouth. .